Where in Buffalo? I grew up on Grand Island.
I grew up in Orchard Park. I worked in Buffalo for a summer during college for a mob guy that bought old houses and turned them into professional offices/apts.
He owned a landfill up in Niagara Falls. He was the original owner of BFI waste disposal. His office was down on the Buffalo river in an old industrial part of town where they brought the grain boats in. It was right next door to the Cheerios plant. It was a ugly part of town.